LONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Egypt's sovereign dollar
bonds rallied on Tuesday, Tradeweb data showed, after news that
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is visiting
Cairo.
The longer-dated maturities gained the most, with the 2059
adding 1.71 cents, to bid at 77.78 cents on the dollar by 1146
GMT.
Egyptian diplomatic sources told Reuters that bin Salman was
visiting to discuss trade and investment as well as the crises
in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories with Egyptian
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
Gulf investments into Egypt, including a record $35 billion
deal with UAE sovereign fund ADQ, have pulled it back from the
bring of debt distress over the past year.
Egypt's cabinet also said that bin Salman has directed the
Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) to invest $5 billion into
Egypt.